Fender Kurt Cobain Mustang - Sonic Blue (Left Hand)
Kurt Cobain liked Mustangs a lot. For one, he preferred offbeat guitars that didnt cost zillions of dollars, and the Mustang certainly fit those two criteria. Also, being somewhat physically diminutive himself, he liked to perform live with slightly more diminutive guitars, like Fender Mustangs and Jaguars, which better fit his hands and his reach.
See for yourself-go back and watch the famous 1991 video for Smells Like Teen Spirit, and there he is and there it is slung over his shoulder. Or think back to when you saw them on the 93-94 In Utero tour, when he seldom went onstage with anything but a Mustang. Quite often and especially later on, Mustangs were a big part of what Kurt Cobain was all about, musically.
Inspired by his arsenal of modded guitars, the Kurt Cobain Mustang guitar takes you back there, with highly distinctive features including an angled single-coil Mustang neck pickup and ferocious Seymour Duncan JB humbucking bridge pickup mounted directly to the body, dual on-off/phase in-out switches for each pickup, a polyester-finished alder body and an Adjusto-Matic bridge with dynamic vibrato tailpiece.
Other features include the classic 24 Mustang scale length, "C"-shaped maple neck with urethane finish, 7.25-radius rosewood fingerboard with 22 vintage-style frets and vintage-style ivory dot inlays, four-ply pickguard (Aged White Pearl on Fiesta Red and Dark Lake Placid Blue with stripe models; Tortoiseshell on Sonic Blue model), master volume and tone controls, vintage-style tuners, and chrome hardware. Finish options include Fiesta red, Sonic Blue and Dark Lake Placid Blue with stripe. Available in right- and left-handed models.
Body
Body Material: Alder
Body Finish: Urethane
Body Shape: Mustang
Neck
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Urethane
Neck Shape: "C" Shape
Scale Length: 24" (610 mm)
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" (184.1 mm)
Number of Frets: 22
Fret Size: Vintage-Style
String Nut: Synthetic Bone
Nut Width: 1.625" (41.3 mm)
Position Inlays: Dot
Truss Rods: Vintage-Style Heel Adjust
Truss Rod Nut: Vintage-Style Slotted
Electronics
Bridge Pickup: Direct Mount Seymour Duncan JB Humbucking
Neck Pickup: Single-Coil Mustang
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
Pickup Switching: On/off, phase slider switch for each pickup (in/out)
Pickup Configuration: HS
Hardware
Bridge: Adjusto-Matic Bridge with Dynamic Vibrato Tailpiece
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Tuning Machines: 6-in-Line American Vintage
Pickguard: 4-Ply Aged White Pearloid
Miscellaneous
Strings: Fender USA 250R NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges)
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| Product | SKU | Qty |
|---|---|---|
| Kurt Cobain Mustang - Sonic Blue (Left Hand) | 358309 |
